The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-18 00:00:00

N - EW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer. Mr. B. Webater. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBLLEA.KER. Mr. J. L. Toole and Miss Woolgar. At Eight, LEAH Miss. Bate nan, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling*, R. Phillips, Billngton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. Toe uclude with 10th time, Tin; AREA BELLE : %Tessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. oE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pun be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. C OALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL - 3. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. Top 255. „ Nuts • l9s. „ Deep 22s. ~ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbounae Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, 'Addington, W. Best Cote lie. per citaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morsing, 10h. 31m.—Afternoon, 11h. Wm. £o-Koßaow.-Morning, Ilh. 51m.—Afternoon, 11. M. R OYAL CO E VE N NT G -GARDE OPERA, Under the Management Harris of 3liss on Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. . THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Hiles ; Messrs. IT. Corri, G. Ferren, and w. Harrison. To conclude with FANCHETTE. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS RVENING, the Performances will commence with THE FOUrt MOWBRA.YS. Mmter Percy Roselle. After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with a new farce. T EIE AL ABA3IA. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIA.RKET.— Sole Lessee and Manazer, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LIT I'LE DAISY. After which, BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. To be tolowed by OUR ANIERICAN COU'4N : Messrs. Sothern, Bnekstone, Chippen late, Rozers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, ic. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harris, Snowden, ato And AN UNLUCKY MORTAL : Mr. Farren and Miss IL tiarris. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--. Sole Lesee and ~tanager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S It b.TURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Last Three Nights before Easter. BET, DEVIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. IT. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclerci, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. \ter which, at Eight o'clock, the 114th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chroniele4," by Mr. John Brougham. Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Elate 'ferry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is iltade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either to: play bills or for the safe keeping of hate and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden t 3 receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. NE R. ITCH rER, in consequence of the accident he met with on Saturday night, and by the advice of his illysicians, will be UNABLE to APPEA it until Easter Monday, March 2t, when he will resume his character of Angelo, in "Bel Damonio." Commence at 7. - 171/11S.S. BATEM AN.-LEAT - 1.-EV ERY EVEN . L SATURD Y, the 145th and . lst ni ht be fore Easter Monday. when Miss Batement will re-annear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma d n i til further notice. In ,rder o give due effect to t :is most remarkable suc'3es; of the se son, ea ire y new sc nery by the celebrated ar ists Messrs. Danscn and sons, and Thumps n, and new r ss sand appo ntments have been prepared for its produc- B. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications at the Box-offi !e, arrangement.; have now been -wade by which S.,:ats m y b.; obtainei a Fortnight in Ad vance. itiß. BENJAMIN WEBSTER in the DEAD HEART, MONDAY NEXT, March El. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Croxded with rank and fashion. - The New CoavAy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, grs. Frank NlA?hews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following ernment artistes are engaged :—Hr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Tu,le, Mr. Paul BAtord, Mr. R - ederic Robins m, Mr. Ashley. and Hr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling,, Hiss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles Mat news. Tars 1 4 1VNING. and dti:'inr the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, 'IND THE WISE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mis Patti Josephs. At a rurtrter before 5, the new Conady, by L. Mackin:- ham, Esq., entit!ed A E , 4ILV ER LI if \'(= : Mr. Cnarles Mathew., Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr Ashley, 'Sir, John s one. Mr. Montague; Ars. ( ha-les Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, 11 ss CoVrell, Miss Wentworth. and Ars. Stirling. To be followed by sir, Charl , s Niathews just translated irom the Freneh)in his character'stic character of Un Anglais Titanic, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBE Several novelties are in preparation. On B.A.TLTRDAY next, March in, a variety of e*+ter•ain menta, for the BENEFIT of 3.1 r. and 31:s. CHARLES MATHEWS. IROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manacer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. P.Aford, Mr. Yarselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Mts.; Thorne. After which, the Grand Chri , tmas BArlesque, 0 RPFI E IND EUItYOICE : Messr3. Hogey, Wood, .Tame,3 Fenton, Atesdarnos Swanborouzh, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &a. Concluding with MARGATE SAND 3. Commence at 7. THE SUN, LOM3ON, FRIDAY EVENJING, MARCH 18, 1864. The Weather—Sun Office, March 18, 1864. THERMOMETEL Thiti:daylat Two o'clock .. 48 Barometer-30.05. Wind—East; moderate breeze, and very fine. • It 1 ..01 „.011 ow. SUM LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1864. The Government is certainly acquiring for itself a most enviable character ! Abroad, it is treated alternately with insult and with ridicule. At home, as a rule, if a Liberal constituency is ap pealed to, it answers the appeal by returning a Conservative. The Foreign Policy of the Cabinet is a complete enigma. Ps diplomatic interposition is everywhere powerless in its results, and is, besides that, everywhere regarded with jealousy and suspicion. Parliamentary Reform, which the Yfieistry was expressly formed to carry out, has, by this very Ministry, been completely shelved for the time being. What Ministers are`in office fur, except it be selfishly to enjoy the sweets of power, place, and patronage, together with all the perquisites, pecuniary and otherwise, appertaining to our administrators, is fairly iv comprehensible. They are not there as Reformers. 'They care not twopence for Reform. Even Lord ItUS3ELL, now that he has his blue ribbon and his Earl's coronet, has stopped shedding tears for it. iustead of that—now that he is a R.G. and an Eari—he tells us complacently to " Rest and be thankfu.'. I" And, looking to his colleague, what are some among the charming ministerial spectacles preef.ntea to our observation ? Why, just for a mo',nent, let us enumerate a few of them. We have * Leader of the House of Commons—os proof of what we are going hare to say, we hese only to look to the prcceedings in the House last evening —we have a Leader of the House of Commons who if be cannot exactly be said to " forget himself," at any rate so far forgets his own privileges, responsi as header, that bi;ities, duties even, we may s a y , h e has to be reminded of them by the Leader of the apposition ! Insomuch that Mr. DISE.AELI is actn ally constrained, as Leader of the Opposition, to vindicate the privileges of the Leader of the present Government. Lord PALMERST3N, thereupon, but not until then, doing, at the instigation of Mr. DISRAELI, what the noble lord (now nearly, it is true, eighty years of age, and therefore perhaps a little oblivious), had said only a few minutes previ ously that he couldn't do. We have a Chancellor of the Exchequer who can indulge by wholesale and by re;qiA in persczalities so gross that, (as the hon. member for Dudley said last evening) he, this right hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, could sus pend the grave business of the House, for we know not how long, while talking about Mr. H. B.SIIERI DAN'S aunt, his uncle, his brother, and others of his relations! We have an Under-Secretary for Fo reign Affairs—[the Secretary of State himself being cleverly relegated to the House of Peers, so that whenever his conduct may happen to be arraigned in the Commons the Premier can scornfully depre cate criticism upon anything affecting a man who is absent l]—we have an Under-Se cretary for Foreign Affairs so wonderfully hoighty toighty in his manner of late, that if asked the plainest question imaginable, he can hardly contris e for the life of him to be civil while answering it. We have a Secretary for Ireland so exactly fitted for his position, as such, that when discussing the affairs of that still Lacked sister island, he can indulge in buffooneries about the Fenians or what not, thereby exciting a sympathetic House of Commons to shouts of laughter. We have a Postmaster-General who, whether rightly or wrongly, has acquired for himself at any rate the credit of having worried out of his position as Secretary at St. Mar tin's-le-Grand—that man of men as such, Sir ROWLAND HILL, the Right Man in the Right Place, if ever there was one, the instant acceptance of whose resignation upon the " plea" of ill health is never once hesitated over by Lord STANLEY of Adderley. We have a Dake at the Head of the Board of Admiralty so intensely unpopular in that official capacity of his as First Lord, that upon the earliest vacancy in the representation down at Devon port the whole country awakens to the ignominous rejection of the Government candidate by the con stituency, and the election in his stead not simply of a Tory, but of the truest blue Tory among Tories, of Mr. BUSFIELD FERRAND, in fact, who comes in triumphantly at the head of the poll as M.P. for Devonport. And now as the youngest member of that same Board of Admiralty whom have we ? Is it not Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, M.P. for Halifax, Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, Brewer, Mr. JAMES STANS FELD, of 35, Thurloe-square, Brompton, formerly of 2, Sydney place, ditto, now for several months past, and still (let us give him his full titlo as ho himself rather osten tatiously claims it) " Minister of the Crown' —Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, who, for eighteen years past has been, and still is, the intimate personal friend and associate of one whose name is an object of abhorrence throughout all Chris tendom. With Mr. STANSFELD'S fair fame, as the inti mate friend and associate of M. MAZZINI, the Government last evening may be said fairly and plainly to have identified themselves. They evidenced their readiness not merely to stand by him, bat to stand or fall with him. When he made his appearance in the House last evening he was cheered vociferously. What for, it would be difficult to con jecture! Unless it may have been for his intimac s with M. Memel, or for his indecent panegyric the other evening upon that apologist of assassina tion. In reference to the charges directed against Mr. STANSFELD by the Attorney-General of France. the late Procureur Imperial, there was in point of fact not only a rather serioas discussion last even ing in the House of Commons, but, at the close o! that discussion, a rather momentous division. Out of a House of 332 members, exclusive of the tellers, Ministers pulled through by a narrow majority of just nine. Rather a close shave of it— uoder the circumstances ! If we could only slyer them s our congratulations upon it ! Yet, how, in deed, under those circumstances, can it be in any way possible to ..ffer them our congratulations ? Sir JOHN PAKINGTON last evening put the matter at issue as clearly as a few simple words could put it, in the manner following :—" 'What," he asked, "are the facts of the case as they stand. Signor MAZ ZINI is the avowed associate and adviser of the assassin GRECO. Signor MAZZINr is also the avowed associate and adviser of the assassin GALLENGA, and for years the hon. member opposite has been the intimate associate of the friend and adviser of assassins. These are the plain facts befo;.e us. Something," added the right hon. baronet (and surely with reason), "something is due to the dignity of this house; something is due to the feelings of our French allies, who are naturally irritated and angry at finding these foul plots being one after another brought to maturity in this country. And it must be painful to find that a gentleman holding the high position of member of Parliament and mem ber of her MAJESTY'S Government has lived for years as an intimate associate of this Signor MAZZINI." Her MAJESTY'S Ministers however, think not, and their supporters in the House of Commons coincide with them last night in so thinking. It is, to put it in the mildest pos sible phrase, a decision—on thelpart of the Cabinet and on the part of their thick-and-thin supporters in the House of Commons—profoundly to be re gretted. As to Mr. STANSFELD'S reply (so-called) last evening—Lord PALMERSTON actually avowed (not, however, without provoking by his avowal in dignant cries of " Oh, oh !"), Lord PALMERSTON ac tually avowed that it appeared to him. "satisfactory!' Satisfaetory ? Yet, what—among other agreeable little things—transpired through that se-called re ply of Mr. STANSFELD'S ? Recollect, that the Pro cureur Imperial had so spoken the other day upon tae occasion of the trial of GRECO and his accom plices that everyone's impression, here in England, there in France, had come to be this—tbat letters intended for Mame, ,addressed to a person of the name, of FLOWER, were transmitted from abroad, through the Post Office, directed to this "FLOWER" at Mr. STANSFELD'S house, 35, Thurloe square, Brompton, S.W. Well—and in regard to this, what are the facts of the case as they were actually extorted at last, yesterday evening, from the naturally reluctant lips of Mr. STANSFELD ? He was going to sit down quietly after a few, as it appears to us (begging Lord PALMEBSTON'S pardon for venturing to say so)most unsatisfactory remarks, neither here nor there, in any way to the point— Mr. STANSFELD was positively going to sit down quietly last evening without uttering one syllable about this Deadly Nightshade—that is to say, about this " FLOWER." Some hon. members, how ever, not unnaturally indignant at ao - very gross an evasion, could not resist calling aloud that same obnoxious pseudonym " FLowat! " Then, it was that—after a little further parrying and par leYieg—at last—out it all came! "1 have had letters addressed to my house," says Mr. STANSFELD, " under the name of FIOF.L." And the hon. gentleman himself obligingly adds—" The name of FLOWER, as every member knows [we wonder if Mr. P. A. TAYLOR did, by tile way ?] is only the Italian translation [Mr. StTANSFELD means, of course, though in his flurry het does no: say it, the English translation] of that ne,me." Bat even this is not all. After the discussion of last night was pretty well over just immediately before the House went to a division—the inexorable member for Finsbury, drives Mr. STAers FELD yet more closer up into a corner, with this query " I wish to know whether this Mr. FLOWER, was not, in truth, Meeztele ?" There is no getting over that at any ea ate. And so, what...at laet—does Mr. STANSFELD say, imme. diately just before the division ? We listen eagerly— and among his remarks we hear him uttering these rather notable words :—" MAZZINI'S letters were addressed to my house under the name of Fiori." He had previously reminded the house that FIORI expressed in English meant "Flower." Nay, he reminds his interrogators, "I said Flower was the English translation; but," he adds immediately— " BUT, I said, to my knowledge, no letter addressed to Mr. Flower had ever come to my house." Really, as pretty a piece of prevarication, that, as we should certainly wish to see for many a long day ! He has had delivered at his house for MAZZINI, letters directed to Fiord FIORI meaning FLOWEE,—but, to his knowledge, no !ester addressed to Mr, FLOWER ever came to 35, rhurloe-square, Brompton. Ahem ! And Mr. BRIGHT, forsooth, in a burst of generous, not to say virtuous indignation, could not help deprecating the not:on of any one striving to make his way to the Treasury bench over the character, the reputation, the happiness, and the future of the last appointed and the youngest member of the Government ! The said in genuous youth, this "youngest member of the Government," having been for the last eighteen years the intimate friend and associate of M. MazziNi! Well, really the iess that is said by Mr. STANSFELD'S vindicators about the "reputa tion," See.., that he has himself laid down in the dust by the side of M. MAZZlNl—everything considered, perhaps—the better. The upshot of it all last night being—that we have now to regard as distinctly characteristic of the Ministry (among other agreeable little reflections), that literal truth just now—a truth that Ministers generally, from Lord PALMER STON downwards, deliberately recognise, resolutely stick to, and complacently make the most of—that among the "Ministers of the Crown" we have an avowed Me zzinian. A very interesting meeting took place on Wed nesday evening, in Exeter Hall, which, although it may well be overlooked in the crowd of more attrac tive and engrossing topics, was not without impart ance as affecting our national welfare. The efforts of the Ragged School Union, whose tenth annual prize meeting was held on that occasion, are directed to the benefit and training of what are called wi, h truth " the dangerous classes." It is difficult, as every philanthropist and social reformer knows, to deal with men and women, whose vagrant habits a►nd unsettled ways of living aro alone a formidable barrier against their following any decent or re spectable mode of life. The task is, indeed, almost hopeless, for the old habits and associations form a bond too strong to be broken by exhortation, entreaty, or warning. The plain inference then remains, that if we are to deal with these classes at all in the hope of permanent end extensive success, we must begin with the young. We must not, of course, relex our efforts on behalf Of the elders, hoping against hope in the good work ; out the old time-worn adage, which tells us that " Prevention is better than cure," is never more forcible in its application than in this case. Every influence of opening life is against the children of the Ragged Schools; their parents, their homes, their associates, their tasks, and their plea• surer, all alike drag them on the downward road. Setting aside the cases in which children ere trained as thieves, titterers of false coin, &0., the chances are a thousand to one against the boys and girls who ploy about our courts and alleys growing up to be respectable members of the community, if left to themselves. Yet their numbers are yearly on the increase, and every addition to the " dangerous classes" represents an expense to the country which would startle the uninitiated, besides the heavy national responsibility incurred is leaving these poor children to be led captive by ignorance, vice, and crime. Ia this dilemma the Ragged School Union came valiantly to the rescue, end it has done good service for many a year among the moral wildernesses of our mighty city. Not only does it provide these poor little way farers with the rudiments of sound instruc tion and religious 'and moral training, bat it watches over them as far as possible when the schoolboy days are clone s and the boy or girl is sent out into the trials and temptations of the modern Babylon. As a large proportion of those who leave school do so to enter service of some kind, prizes and testimonials are given by the society to those who have remained with the same employer for more than 12 months, and receive from him a good character. Every succeeding year in the same place claims a testimonial card which, of course, is very valuable to the receiver as a badge of character in getting other places. The ages within which the candidates' years must be reckoned are 12 and 17. - We should imagine that the higher limit might he advantageously extended a year or two more, since, however much the first five or six years of the " teens" may tend to form the character and habits no one can pretead to say that the temptations of the young lad or girl are over at 17. On the contrary, the most dif ficult and dangerous years are to come, and if the rewards offered by the society have any effect in inducing recipients to remain steadily in one piece during that critical period, it is certainly a pity that its beneficial influence does not extend a little further. The number of claimants who come for ward for these tokens of approval is large, and it is doubly gratifying that it should be so, both as show ing that the prizes and cards are valued, and as proving that many of these ragged scholars are going on well in life. During the teu years of these prize meetings, wore than six thousand prizes have been distributed, and 5.30 claimants have come for ward,this year, 430 of whom receive their rewards for the first time. But it is pleasing to know that of the remaining hundred, many have kept the same place for six or seven years. From such a start, - there is good reason to hope for a useful and honourable career, since, if steadineses and self respect are cultivated at so early an age there is a good substratum laid for all future life. The good that has been effected by the little brigade of shoeblacks in connection with the Ragged School Union is a recognised fact, and the sums saved by meny of these industrious little fellows is something wonderful when we consider the small amount of their earnings. It would be a good thing if it were possible to establish some kind of little savings bank for these ragged school scholars, which should encourage in them habits of providence and self denial. Much amusement was created at the prize meeting by the presentation of one of the fbstimcnial cards to the noble Chairman and President of the Union, whose services in the cause certainly entitle him to receive any token of merit connected with it. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY has continued to add to the laurels so worthily won by Lord ASHLEY, as knight champion of the poor forlorn, neglected, or oppressed, the helper of those who cannot, from ignorance or weakness, raise a voice on their own behalf. His public appeal for aid to the funds of the Association, exhausted by temporary pressure, brought forth a hearty response which quickly placed it in a very different position. There is surely no reason to fear that the good work will be suffered to languish for want either of funds or of personal inspection, when the good it has effected is so manifestly apparent, and the numbers it has trained and taught are reckoned not by hundreds but by thousands. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (RELTEB'S TELEGRAMS.) CAPTURE OF A. DANISH VESSEL, LISBON, MARCH 10, p.m. The Danish brig Prethe, from Leith to Barce lona, has been brought into this port by the Aus trian war steamer Sehwartzenburg and the gunboat Seehund. The opposition to the Ministerial bill for the abolition of the tobacco monopoly is increasing. THE WAR IN DENMARK. BOMBARDMENT OF DUPPEL. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 17, 1.20 p.m. A vigorous bombardment of I)uppel was carried on yesterday by the Prusbiahs from Broager. The bombardment was continued all day but without result. A very strong artillery force opened fire against the right wing of the Danish position, but was soon withdrawn. The enemy is moving in Jutland and marching southwards. 6,000 Austrians have left Horsens. 600 Prussians have occupied the Island of Fa meren and have taken the Danish garrison of 96 men prisoners. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 17, 4.45 p.m. The DagMadet of to-day says :—" Mr. Crowe, son of the English Consul-General at Christiania, has fled to this city from Veile, where he has been ill treated by the Austrians." The Austrians have made a requisition in Jutland for 5,000 oxen and 25,000 horses. DETAILS OF THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. STRALSUND, MARCH 18. The naval engagement which took place yester day resulted in the withdrawal of the Prussian ships, closely pursued by the Dines, whose force had been in zreased to seven vessels. The Prussian gunboats have safely reached Ruden, and the two corvettes put into Schwinc munde, The Nymphe lost two and the Arcona three killed. The Summa had nine men wounded, among whom is Lieutenant Berger seriously. Great enthusiasm prevails among the seamen. This morning the Danish fleet sailed for Moen. SPAIN. MADRID, MAncu 17. The Minister of Finance intends to discount the bills, signed by the purchasers of national property with the Bank of Spain and an English banking firm. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, M-4.110EE 17. MR. STANSFELD AND THE GRECO PLOT. Order for committee of supply read, Motion made and question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "the statement of the Procureur General on the trial of Greco, implicating a member of this house and of her Majesty's Government in the plot for the assassination of our ally the Emperor of the French, deserves the serious consideration of this house," instead thereof. Question put. "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The house divided —Ayes, 171; Noes, 161. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, FEB. 14. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Disturbances have taken place in Cordova. Exchange 501. Ounces 28. Wet salted hides 37. D:y American 36 to 39. Wool antive demand at former prices. Tallow 13i. Lambe,. .26 to 30. Flour advancing. Imports dull. Large arrivals of salt. ' Freights lower. • AMERICA. LOU lIIANIPTON, MARcn 18. The Hamburg and Arnericin Cornp,ny's steam ship Hammonia, from New York on the s:h inst., has arrived off C -, wes with 113 passengers. She brings no specie. Oa the 16:h inst. she spoke the Eng Hill barque Orkney Lass, bound for Liverpool. The Hammonia'e news has been anticipated. E RANCE. BOURSE, March 17.—The arrival of the English funds with a rise of 4 has given buoyancy to the market. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66g. 40c., and Mobilier at 1,075 f. Railway Market quiet, but with slight variation in prices up to the present time. Threes again receded towards the close, but Mobilier was well maintained. The market lea off as follows 41 per Cents 93 60 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 25 Credit Mobilier 1067 50 no. end month — Bank Shares 3312 50 Credit Foncier 1335 Roman Italian Loan — Do. end month — New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 Rome Debt Deferred BAIL Orleans Northern Cash. Account. 1007 50 .. -- 960 .. 960 New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 943 75 .. 945 New ditto S inthern Western Eastern .... SEtrilinian Austrian e• 662 50 , 665 522 50 „ - - Lmr bard 482 50 4SO - 376 -- 410 - „ 407 50 546 b 52 50 North of Spain 495 495 Saragossa bS7 50 .. 590 Ditto to Barcelona The Late • Alpine Catastrophe, The tourist who so marvellously escaped in the late accident, near Sion, in the Valais, gives the following account of the occurrence:--" On the 28th of February, Mr. Boissomet and I left Sion, at half-past two a.m. with four guides, to mount the Haut de Cry—a mountain of 9,700 feet high, in the neighbourhood of Sion. My friend had as guide Bennen, the first guide in the Valais. I had a simple chamois hunter who knew the mountain, but only that one. The night was splendid; we walked up the pine forests, and a little before seven saw the sun rise above the moun tains. It was one of those sights almost too beauti ful to describe; the air was calm, the sky cloud less, and the temperature a half degree above freezing point (centigrade). We measured the height, and found it about 7,000 feet. Our progress found no obstacle, and about twelve we were within 750 feet of the summit. We had been enjoying the splendid day, and we were so happy. Suddenly the snowfield, on which we were crossing diago nally, tore above us, and the lower part began to descend with us ; we had started an avalanche under our feet. I made one desperate attempt to stop our progress, by driving my pole deep into the snow. It was useless. We were all six carried down Towards the valley, and stopped only after having passed over 1,800 or 2,000 feet of ground. The rope tore between the first and second guide, but this was useless, as nothing can arrest an avalanche of the size of that which had started ; it was several hundred yards wide, and of an enormous length. The descent may have taken about one minute. I had time to think of home, and to make, as I thought, my last p ra yer. During the descent I was buried once, th en I ca me again to the sur face; the motion c ease d, th e a valanche had stopped ; uitps my la armsst'a to protect y wave covered me. I threw in the moment re m e' the avalanche stopped it froze. I then thought I should be crushe:l to death. It was dark, and I was suffocating. I could not move, for I wa s frozen hard. At last I felt that my hands, as far as the wrist, had motion. 1 uncovered the snow above my head; at last I saw a little light, but my hands could not reach my mouth, the arms being imprisoned. I pierced, with a last terrible effort, the crust of snow that was before my mouth. I felt air again. God had saved me. Oa my right hand Bennen, the guide, lay dead ; on my left my poor friend. You cannot imagine how I came down again into the plain, it took five hours, and thence I went to Sion in a carriage. My feet had suffered from frost ; thank God, the surface alone has suffered, and my doctor says I shall soon be well again. My poor friend and his guide were found again, one on the day following, the other tour days after. The other three guides escaped with slight wounds, save my personal guide, who had nothing. It was he who took me out of the snow and ice, as be saw my hands." AYES -171. Adam,W. P. Glyn, G. C. • Palmerston, Visct. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Glyn, G. G. Peel, Sir R. Augerstein, W. Goldsinid, Sir F. Peel, F. Antrobus, E. Gosehen, G. J. Yeutter, J. Aytoun, ti. S. Gower, F. L. Veto, Sir M. Baines, E. Gowet, G. W. L. Pilking ton, James Baring, 11. B. Gregson, S. Pinney, Col. Baring, Thos. Geo. Grenfell, H. R. Ponsonby, A. Barnes, T. Grey, Sir G. Potter, E. Bass, Al. T. Gordon, B. Pritchard, John Beale, Samuel Banbury, R. Pugh, D. Beaumont,Somerset Harkey, Thorns3n Robartes, T. J. A. Be, keley, C. P. F. liardcastle, Jos. A. Robertson, 1). Blencowe, J. G. Hartington,Marquis hohertson, H. Bonham-Carter, J. Headlam, Thus. E. Roebuck, J. A. Bouverie, E. l'. litaiderson, J. Russell, A. J. E. Bright, J. _Henley, Lord Russell, Sir Wm. Bruce, H. A. Herbert, H. A. St. Aubyn, J. Buchanan, W. It ibbert, J. T. Salomons,A.derman Buller, J. W. Hodg - kinson, G. Scholedeid, W. Butler, Sir A. i I odgson, K. ..curt, Sit W. Bury, Viscount Howard, Eton. C. Seely, C. Butler, C. S. Butt, W. Seymour, Danby Butt, Isaac Ingham, R. Seymour, A Buxton, C. Jackson, W. Sheridan, R. B. Caird, James Kershaw, J. Sheridan, H. B. Cardwell, Rt. Hu. E. King, lion. P. Smith, J. B. Castlerosse, Vist. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, M. T. Childers, H. C. E. Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, Augustus Clay, James Kinnaird, Hon. A. Smith, J. A. Clifford, C. C. Layard, A. H. Stacpoole, W. Clive, George Leatham, E. Stansfeld, J. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lefevre, G. J. S. Steel, John Collier, Sir R. P. Lee, W. Sykes, Col. W. H. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lewis, Harvey Taylor, P. A. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lindsay, W. S. Thornhill, W. P. Crawford, R. W. Lloyd, T. Tite, Wm. Crossley, Sir F. Lowe, lit. Hon. R. Tollemache, lIon.F. Davey, R. Lysley, W. Tracy, Hon. C. Denman, G. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Turner, J. A. Doulton, F. Marjoribanks, D. C. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Duff, M. E. Massey, W. N. Vivian, H. 11. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Merry, James Warner, Edward Dundas, Frederick Mildmay, H. Watkins, Col. L. Dundas, Sir David Miller, William Weguelin, T. Enfield, Viscount Mills, J. R. Western, S. Evans, T. W. Moffatt, George Westhead, J. Ewart, William Montagu, Lord R. Whitbread, S. Ewart, J. C. Morrison, W. White, Jas. Feuwick, Henry Norris, J. T. White, L. F'ermoy, Lord Ogilvy, Sir J. Williams, W. Forster, Charles D. Osborne It. B. Wood, Sir C. Forster, W. E. Pac&e, Col. Woods, Henry Fortescue, Hon. F. Padmore, R. Wyld, James Fortescue, C. S. Paget, C. Gibson. T. M. Paget, Lord A. TELLERS. Gilpin, C. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, H. B. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Sir R. Knatchbull-Hugess NOES —WI. Acton, Sir J. George, John Nicol, William Adderley, C. B. Greaves, Edward Noel, G. J. Addington, Hon.W. Greenall, G. Northcote, Sir S. H. Archdall, Capt.3lE. Greene, J. 0 ' .. eilly, il. W. Astell, J. 11. Greville, Col. F. Packe, C. Bailey, C. Griffith, C. D. Pakington, Sir J. S. Bailin?, H. J. Grogan, Sir E. Parke:, Major W. Bar ttelot, Col. Haliburton, T. C. Patten, Col. W. Bathurst, A. A. Hamilton, Lord C. Paull, H. Bathurst, Co . 11. Hamilton, Viscount Peacocke, G. M. Beach, W. W. Ilamilton, i. 'l'. Peel, Gen. Bective, Earl of hardy, Gathorne Pennant, Col. Beecrott, G. S. Hartopp, E. B. revensey, Viscount Beutinck, G. W. P. Harvey, it. B. Powell, F. S. Bernard, Thos. T. Hassard, 31. D. Repton, G. W. J. Bond, J. W. Day, Sir J RidicY, Sir M. W. Bovill, Wm. Henley, J. Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bowyer, Sir G. Hennessy, J. P. Salt, T. Bramley -Moore, J. Heygate Sir F. Sclater-Booth, G. BralliStOn, T. W. Ileygate, W. U. Scott, Lord IL Bridges, Sir B. Holford, R. S. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, C. L. C. liohnesdale, Lord Smith, Abel Bruce, Sir H. ho: s.aL, T. B. Smith, S. G. Burghley, Lord Hannan, Lord Smollett, P. Cairns, Sir 11. Hunaberstone, P. S. Somerset, Col. E. Car4ili. W. Hume, W. Sorties, Joseph Cave, S. liumpliery, W. Stanhope, J. B. Cecil, Lord R. Hunt, G. W. Stanley, Lord Ch.pinan, J. Jervis, Captain Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Clifton, Sir R. Jollitte, Sir W. Surtees, H. E. Codrington, Sir W Kerrison, Sir E. Taylor, Colonel Cole, Hon. H. King, J. K. Tempest, Lord A.V. Collins, T. Knight, F. Thynne, Lord E. Cox, %V. Knox, 01. Toilemache, J. H. Cubitt, George Knox, Major W. S. Tomline, G. Dalkeith, Earl of Laird, J. Torrens, It. Darner, S. D. Leader, N. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Dickson, Col. Legh, Major C. Turner, C. Disraeli, Benjamin Legh, W. J. Vance, John Buncombe, W. E. Lennox, Lord G. G. Vandeleur, Col. Edwards, Col. Lennox, C. . Vansittart, Wm. Egerton, A. F. Lovable, Lord Vyse , Co:. Egerton, E. C. Lygon, Hon. F. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Elcho, Lord Lytton, Sir E. B. Walker, James R F,lphinstone, Sir J. M'Cann, J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Esteourt, S. Malcolm, J. W. Va,,thouse, d. ioane, Coi. Malius, It. Whitmore, A. Farquhar, Sir M. Manners, Lord J. Wyndham, Hon. P. Pergusson. Sir J. Miles, Sir W. Wynn, C. W. W. Ferrand, W. Miller, T. Yorke, lion. E. Fitzgerald, W. S. Mitlord, W. T. Yori>e, J. It. Fl em i ng , r. W. Montgomery, Sir G. loser .i. Ai oo , H. TELLERS Fraser, Sir W. A Mowbray, Rt. Ha. J. Lennox, Lord H. G. CrailweY , Sir W. P. Naas, Lord Strawy, Sir H. MARKETS—This Day. TilAltli-LA.NE. Fresh up to our markets today the arrivals•of English wheat were small. Both red aa•l whit.o qualities met, how ever, a slow sale, at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat, the market was but moderately sup plied, the transactions were, for the most part, of retail character; nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. The supply of barley on the stands was moderately large. Sales, generally speaking, progressed slowly, yet prices ruled stationary. Malt sold slowly, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was somewhat extensive. The trade was dull fur all qualities, and prices had a downward tendency. For beans and peas the trade was in a sluggish state, at fully the late decline in the currency. Flour changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. OatA. Flout. English...... 93) 3,310 3,i50 7,320 1,110 1ri5h.......... — leoreign...... 1,330 l 753 17,203 50 sks 2,240 brls BRITON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. The ordinary annual meeting of the policy and share holders in this society was held yesterday, at the society's house, 429, Strand. Francis Webb, Esq.. in the absence of Dr. Barlow, the chairman of the board, presided, The Secretary read the following report of the directors for the past year : The directors of the Briton Medical and General Life Association have the pleasure again to meet the proprietors and members, and to submit to them a report of the trans• actions of the association for the past year. The proposals I , r new assurances have been 3,147 in number, for assuring £716,425 ; of these 181 for assuring £50,320 have been declined. 412 for assuring £116,050 have not been carried into effect. 279 for assuring £69,550 were in various stages of pro greas at the conoln4ln of tbm year. The remainder Inv-) been completed, and 2,328 policies issued assuring £567,453, and producing a new income of L 18,372 2s. Six annuities have been granted, for which the associa tion had received the sum of 11,123 I6s. The following table exhibits the gratifying progress of the ass eiation for the p , ist six years : Year. No. of Amount No. of Amount New proposals. pri o-ed. polities. assured. premiums. 1858 1,970 .£ 95,815 ,312 X-62,81. £8,324 14 8 1859 2,370 4:10,65 1,751 314,210 9,751 16 7 1810 2,40 463 784 1,8.5 34 ;,16 1 , , ,, (3 12 6 1861 2,5 2 48.!,950 1,839 349,9,0 10,084 11 .4 1862 2,810 653,233 2,0;3 459, 40 15, 75 13 6 1063 3,147 746,423 *4328 567,153 18,372 2 0 • From the above returns it will be seen the ffice has maintained a continuous rate of progress, each year's re sults showing a marked improvement over those of the pre ceding one. The increase in the now premiums of the year 1m63 over those of 1862 exceeds 20 per cent, and to look still further back in the history of the Association, the new business of tho last year is more than doable that of 1858, and nearly six times that of 1856. '1 he receipts for the past year from all sources have been £113,681 12s 9d. Atter the payment of claims, surrenders, annuities,re-assurances, dividends, and all other out-goings, there remains the satisfactory balance in favour of the association on the year's transactions of £15,100 is 6d, which has been duly carried to the reserve fund. The assets of the assooiation now amount to £216,312 73 l ld. The accounts from which these statements are deduced have been carefully audited by the app Anted auditors, who have reported to the directors as follows : TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Gentlemen,—We have eareiully investigated the ac counts, books, and vauchers, from which the balance sheet is made, and beg to report the same correct. We have also inspected the various securities comprised in the assets of the association. It is gratifying that, not withstanding the magnitude of the transactions, we are able to repeat our testimony as to the care and accuracy with which the various books are kept.—We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants, HENRY ALCOCK, WILLIkM BROOKS Auditors. JOHN BROWN, C. it. itOWLAND, During the year Mr. Arthur Scratchley, the con sulting actuary of the association, has male a value ion of its assets and liabilities wi h a view to the declaration of a bonus. Mr. Scratcaley's investigation has been of the moss complete and searching character. From his report the directors are p'eased to find mat after providing for every known liability up to the termination of the year 1862, and setting aside an ample reserve for all future contingencies, there remains an available balance of profit of £20,60714s 2d. This sum the directors will at once proceed to distribute amongst the policyholders and shareholders iu accordance with the terms of the deed of settlement of the association, viz., four•fitths to the policy holders and one-fifth to the shareholders. The amount to be awarded each member will be commu nicated with all possible despatch, and those who avail themselves of the special method of bonus appropriation in troduced by the association, if they have not yet partici pated in a profit distributiun, will have a specific time named for the payment of iheir policies during lifetime. Those members who participated in the last divi4.n of profits will have another and an earlier period named for the payment of their policies, as will be tully explained in the bonus circular. The bonus now declared will be equal to a reversionary bonus of 40 per cent, on the premiums paid in the last three years, The proprietors share of the buns now allotted v.ill be ha carzied to the credit, and in augmentation of the capital d, and will be equal to about 25 per cent on the amount paid up.• The directors recommettd that tt dividend at toe rate of b per cent, per auuurn on the increased capital be declared, which will be equivalent to £6 ss. per cent. on the amount of the original capital of the association. Three of the directors of the association, viz., Dr. Samuel Richards, Mr. William Hamilton, and Mr. William Man ton, in accordance •nith the deed of settlement, retire by rotation, but, Wing eligible, offer themselves for re election. In concluding their report the directors feel justified in expressing their conviction that the shareholders and mem bers will unite with them in the fcelin:s of satisfaction with which th3y regard the present position of the association. The directors, however, strongly urge upon them that th , y should also unite in still further strengthening and improv ing that position. The excellent features and increasing popularity of the association as shown by its new policies, its large income and resources as seen from the accounts, its secure and sound position as testified by the consulting actuary's report, are all grounds on which its friends may fairly recommend it to the notice of intending assurers, and the directors earnestly solicit the co-operation of all interested in the continued success of the association, in the promul gation of i's special objects, and the advancement of those principles oi prudence and equity for the development of which the association was established. The CHAPMAN said, eter the very satisfactory report that had just been read to them, he felt he need not occupy the time of the meeting but a very short time. It must be highly gratifying and encourag ing to find they were still in the ascending scale of new business, and next year ho felt certain he should have the same pleasurable result to communicate to them. Atter all deductions of every description trom the receipts, they were enabled to carry over to the reserve Wan £45,000. (Hear, hear) It was looked upon as an indisputable proof of soundness in my office it they carried over a third of its receipts, but they of the Briton did more than this. (Hear, * hear.) The auditors had minutely examined the whole of theit securities, &c., and it was highly satisfactory to know that they were perfectly satisfied as to the firm and solid position of their affairs. (Hear, hear.; They had all heard of the Government Annuities Bill, and he would only just allude to it by saying that he thought is was for the pupose of doing more than was really repre sented. He thought it was getting in the thin end of the wedge to enable the Government to take up life assurance for larger sums than £10), With respect to the assurance of the working classes he felt certain that no office would, or did, more to promote so desirable an object as the Briton (Hear, hear.) He had much. pleseate in moving the formal resolution for the adoption of the report. Dr. TYLER SMITH seconded the motion, and congratu lated the mee‘ing en the position of the office, whin, he said, must be a source of pleasure to every one present. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, when it was carried unanimously, Dr. LANCASTER moved the re-election of the retiring directors. They had served the society well, and that he telt thole would bei no objection to his proposition. (Hear.) With respect to the Government Annuities Bill he dig not look upon it with any alarm, because he knew that a volun tary association of talented working men would beat the G ,vernment hollow. (Hear, hear and laughter,) Look at her shipbuilding—(hear, hear.)—in proof of what he said. They built at an enormous expense, and after all they were not what they ought to be, (Hear, hear,) He felt the uhanc2llor's bill would prove a great boon to the working classes, and he hoded it would receive the assent of Parliament. Tho motion was seconded by Mr, JOIIN KING, and carried unanimously. Dr. RICHARDS, on the part of his re-elected colleagues, returned thanks. Resolutions re-electing the auditors wore also carried, as was also one for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report. A congratulatory vote of thanks was also accorded to, and gracefully acknowledged by, A. Scrarcley, Esq., the eminent actuary, for the care he had bestowed upon the valuation he had just made'of the affairs of the society. The CHAIRMAN moved, and Professor PARTRIDSE seconded, to vote of thanks to Mr. Messent, their actuary and secretary. Mr. MESSENT, in retnrning thanks, said he felt exceed ingly gratifud at the manner in which the vote had been awarded him. It was but justice that he should state that h e was greatly indebted to tho exertions of his stuff. All were animated with but one desire, V.v.., the prosperity of the office. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated. THE FUTURE EMPEROR and EMPRESS of MEXICO are said to have won all hei.rts during their stay in Pails, by the interest they displayed in visiting all the objects worthy of note in the capital, and by their simple and unaffected manners. They were on more than one occasion to be seen, walking arm in arm, and making pur chases, as private individuals, at one or two' of the best shops of tho town, and the last act of the Princess was to pay a visit to Disderi, photographer, of the Boulevard des Italians, to whom st•e sat for her portrait. Two steam frigates of the French navy, the Theorise and the Impera trice Eugenie, are to form an escort of honour to the Austrian frigate Novara, which is to convey the illustrious couple from Trieste to their new dominions in Mexico. THE IMPERIAL PRINCE, N ipo;eon IV. that "is to lie" (let us hope many years hence I) has just attained his eighth year, and it is said will shortly have--m addition to professors and inters of all kind~—aides•de-camp, equerries, orderly officers ; secretaries, and librarians. HER MAJESTY. IVINDSOR CASTLE, March 17. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice took a carriage drive. Tho Right Hon. C. P. Villiers had an audience of the Queen. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. For supplies of meat are on sale at theso:tnarkets. The trade generally is firm, and prices have, in some instances, slightly improved. Per 81b. by the carcase. sit sd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 6 Crime largo do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 sclid Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork „ „ 4 0 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. For hops of last year's growth there is a steady demand, and previous quotations are well supported. Yearlings and olds are, however, a dull inquiry, yet no material change has taken place in their value since we last wrote. Mid and East Keats £5 Os to £9 105 per owl. Weald of Konts 5 Os to 7 78 Sussex Yearlings .. 4 Os to 503 „ Bavarian 5 5s to 3 8s „ Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA, —At the public sales tull rates have be.n obtained for fine qualities of cougous and greens; about 16,500 pack ages were ofru-ed, of which 8,000 were sold. SUGAR.—Busitp ss has continued quiet, and prices have not varied to any important extent. In the refined marxet quotations have exhibited little or no change ot importance. COFVEE.—The dealings in colonial have been to an ave rage extent, and both native and plantation Ceylon realised former prices RICE.—A fair inquiry for Rat India, but the high rates demanded by holders has in some measure disturbed ope ras ions. FRUlT.—Currants have been in fair demand, and for raisins, figs, and other descriptions there has been a fair inquiry at late prices. TALLOW.. The market 12%s been dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 421 42s 3d ; April to June, 42s 3d; and last three mouths, 448 9d per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. -. 4_ Market very strong. Sales about 10,000 bales or more. Friday and Saturday next, Easter holidays. The Pit Inundation at Chesterfield. CHESTERFIELD, Thursday. At four o'clock this morning the water had been eo much reduced that a number of men were able to enter the workings. They succeeded in rescuing eight of the men. At noon they proceeded further into the pit and rescued the remaining four. Beyond a, little weakness from want of food the men and boys appear to have suffered little from their incar ceration. One of the bays made his appearance at the top of the pit this afternoon, and looked on as thoush nothing had occurred. THE ROYAL BABY is stated to have borne the bilainess of the christening remarkably well ; bur the natu - 11 curiosity of the populace to set eyes upon a child who has been so much talked about, and whose name and personal qualities have supplied the theme for so much conversation, was doomed to disappointment, On the morning of the ceremony the little Prince was quietly smuggled from Marlborough House to Buckingham Palace, and by the same conveyance—whatever that may have been —was taken back again, greatly to the disgust of a very large concourse which had assembled in St. James's Park to behold him on his way. Those who have had the good fortune to see Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward of Wales, report of him that he is a charming baby, though a trifle+ inclining to tiny,—The Court Chronicle. 1 ,-.. , .. - 1 4 1 •-k r 12 . 1 E 617111111' The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Pi ince of AV.,I( a roue uu hots, back. ytsferday morning, attended by Lit-u ,-C9ionei a nd visited the King of the Belgians at Buckingham Palace. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the C untess Da Grey, and also visited the King of the Belgians. His M j -sty the King of the Belgians visited their Royal-Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. • Tne Prince of Wales, accompanied by , Prince Jo nof Gluckbburg, visited Mr. Leightun's studio in Orme-square, Bayswater. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince John of Glucksburg dined with the Duchess of Inverness at Keusington Palace. In attendance on their royal highnesses were the Countess IL) Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Keivel, and Baron Guldencrone. Mr. H. Weigall has been honoured with a sitting for his portrait of her royal highness the Princess of Wales. Mr. Joseph Wyon has also been honoured with a sitting from her royal highness for the medal which h© is executing for the City of London. The late Duchess of Kent, WINDSOR CASTLE, Mt►rch 17., Yesterday being the anniversary of the beloved and revered Duchess of Kent's loss, the Queen and royal family, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley and Lady Fanny Howard, formerly ladies in wait ing to her royal highness. repaired to the mauso leum of the duchess at Frognacre, where the statue of her royal highness (a cast shortly to be replaced in marble) was uncovered. The statue, which is by Mr. Theed, and was modelled under the superintendence of the Prince ;:lonsort, represents the duchess standing. Lis oa a pedestal of imperial red Portuguese marble, and is placed in a temple over the chamber containing the sarcophagus. Over tae statue is inscribed the following in" .cription " Her children rise up and call her blessed." Tne following lines by Mr. Tennyson are also inscribed : "Long as the heart beats life within her breast, Thy child will bless thee, guardian, mother mild, AO far away thy memory will be blest, By children of the children of thy child." The temple forming the mausoleum was designed by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. `ROYAL ALHATPIBRA CIRCUS. - The pr, gramme at this popular place of amuse ment has b -en entirely chauged, M. Franconi's French company of equestrians tit.virg been changed for a German company under the direction of M. Francois Loisset. M. Loisset is one of those cosmo politan gentlemen peculiar to circuses, who, though born i❑ France, belongs a little to every country ; end his well-deserved fame as an equestrian direc tor and rider of the " high school" has been earned by hard work for many years throughout Germany and the Netherlands. His company is large and well selected, being particularly strong in clever dashing ladies of great personal attraction, and in precocious infants. The horses appear to be well trained and in good condition, and all the appoint ments are characterised by much taste. The ap pearance of the ring -masters, dressed in something tike full Prussian cavalry uniform, had a most bril liant effect, and even the clowns, of which there are three or four, including the well-known Mr, Croueste, late of the Adelphi, had something of glittering novelty imparted to their costume. First there was an engaging child, called Little Clautilde, a niece of the director, who opened the programme with a very spirited vaulting act. Next in point of success was a French equestrian game— a race after ribbons attached to the shoulders, exe cuted with great skill and neatness by three ladies, Emma, Pezeld, and Baden. M. Loisset exhibited a splendid " trick-horse," and went tnrough an act of high" riding—managing two fine horses, one rid den and the other driven, with equal succ ess . A charming child, Master Charles Thompson—stated in the bills to be only six years old—gathered a perfect harvest of oranges for a clever Blondin per formance on the low rope; and Messrs. Franck and Helbing—the first on the trapeze, the second on the horizontal bar—gained much applause for their ex hibition of muscular power. The "star rider" of the company appears to be Miss Louise Loisset—a lady wh.. takes every leap, whether over a dcz.n sheets or through fifty hoops, without any false bounds or hesitation. The whole perlormance is remarkable for its pleasant and varied character— for style, precision, and rapid movement. Every member of the company was most warmly received by a very crowded and a very enthusiastic audience. Federals Convicted of Enlistments at Cork Assizes. The result of the prosecution of the persons charged, at Cora, with a breach of the Foreign En listment Act, disposes of at least one question about which some controversy has been raised between our Government and that of America. There can no longer be any denial of the facts, which are generally well known in Ireland, though the legal proof was not forthcoming, that the agents of the Northern states have set the law of England at defiance. Whilst their Ambassador in London waft complaining that Great Britain was not true to her protessious of neutrality, and Mr. Seward was penning threatening letters to our Government, and demanding that the Enlistment Act should be put more rigorously in force, certain officers in the Federal service have been engaged in flagrant and Insolent violation of its provisions in the very pre sence of the British authorities. In the case of the Kearsage there was little or no attempt at evasion or disguise. The illegal proceedings took place in the harbour of Cork, with an amount of audacity which rendered detection comparatively easy, But for this circumstance they might have been carried on with; greater success. It is satisfactory, how ever, that even a single case has been brought home to the offenders. Mr. Adams, who so pertina ciously denied that there was any foundation for the charge against the Federal Government, has now a practical answer given to him in the plea of "Guilty" which the prisoners wore well advised to make. Had there been any failure of evidence, or any chance of escaping by a technical point, there can be no doubt that they would strenuously have resisted the prosecution. But the case against theln was irresistible, and they wisely throw themselves on the mercy of the Crown. It is to be hoped that the clear, impressive, and eloquent exposition of the law by the Attorney-General will .serve to awaken the peasant classes to a sense of the dan' gers which they incur by yielding to the tempts' tions which are held out to them by unscrupulous agents. The miserable condition of so maul thousands of their countrymen who have been lured from their hoines by delusive representations via° described in such terms as could hardly fail to ex' cite their vigilant suspicion of those who t. - ,eek, for their own base and se,fish purposes, to intluce then! to " emigrate." We trust that the lesson ekjo fle a upon theta in the kind and judicious address of th e , Attorney-General will be productive of a benefic ial ef f ect. The observations of Mr. Justice Keogh, which gave it additional point and force, are de' serving the serious attention of our statesmen an d _ rulers, as well as of the people in whose minds be desired' to instil feeiings of contentment and 1 0 3 73 ": which are fos•eted by the just swards of ho nest industry,—Daly Express,